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With briny eyes and heart full of pain, / When I think of from [circled: my] youth to old age / And see all my loved ones beyond [xx: my pain] this plane, / In vain I want to chatter with child or sage. ¶ But the law[xx: ’s] of life have spoiled their bloom / Days and years they made my life heaven below / But my eyes have [xx: found] seen only their forms in the tomb / I must say without them all is worry just a show. ¶ One anthem by wife, mother or olden friend / If sang as by them in the sweet days of yore / Surely would bring this sorrow to an end [xx: for a time], / But I am sure those joys will be no more. ¶ I do not want to be foolish about my love, / But my nature is hungry and thirsty too / To be with dear ones even those above, / Why stay longer as life is so near through?

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With briny eyes and heart full of pain, / When I think of from [circled: my] youth to old age / And see all my loved ones beyond [xx: my pain] this plane, / In vain I want to chatter with child or sage. ¶ But the law[xx: ’s] of life have spoiled their bloom / Days and years they made my life heaven below / But my eyes have [xx: found] seen only their forms in the tomb / I must say without them all is worry just a show. ¶ One anthem by wife, mother or olden friend / If sang as by them in the sweet days of yore / Surely would bring this sorrow to an end [xx: for a time], / But I am sure those joys will be no more. ¶ I do not want to be foolish about my love, / But my nature is hungry and thirsty too / To be with dear ones even those above, / Why stay longer as life is so near through?